Cookie Policy

This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping baskets, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers. Please see below all cookies used by us:

NECESSARY (6)

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

NAME

PROVIDER

PURPOSE

EXPIRY

TYPE

__cfduid [x2]

cloudflare.com

Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic.

1 year

HTTP Cookie

l2tek.co.uk

CookieConsent

l2tek.co.uk

Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain

1 year

HTTP Cookie

csrftoken

pinterest.com

Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks.

1 year

HTTP Cookie

JSESSIONID

linkedin.com

Preserves users states across page requests.

Session

HTTP Cookie

SESS#

pinterest.com

Preserves users states across page requests.

Session

HTTP Cookie

PREFERENCES (1)

Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.

NAME

PROVIDER

PURPOSE

EXPIRY

TYPE

lang

linkedin.com

Set by LinkedIn when a web page contains an embedded “Follow us” panel.

Session

HTTP Cookie

STATISTICS (3)

Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

NAME

PROVIDER

PURPOSE

EXPIRY

TYPE

_ga

l2tek.co.uk

Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

2 years

HTTP Cookie

_gat

l2tek.co.uk

Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate

Session

HTTP Cookie

_gid

l2tek.co.uk

Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

Session

HTTP Cookie

MARKETING (19)

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

NAME

PROVIDER

PURPOSE

EXPIRY

TYPE

_twitter_sess

twitter.com

Collects anonymous data related to the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and which pages have been loaded, with the purpose of personalising and improving the Twitter service.

Session

HTTP Cookie

bcookie

linkedin.com

Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.

2 years

HTTP Cookie

bscookie

linkedin.com

Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.

2 years

HTTP Cookie

CheckConnectionTempCookie#

accounts.youtube.com

Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.

Session

HTTP Cookie

ct0

twitter.com

This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media.

Session

HTTP Cookie

GAPS

accounts.google.com

Used by Google to identify the user when sharing content with a Google +1 button.

2 years

HTTP Cookie

GPS

youtube.com

Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location.

Session

HTTP Cookie

guest_id

twitter.com

Collects anonymous data related to the user’s visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and which pages have been loaded, with the purpose of personalising and improving the Twitter service.

2 years

HTTP Cookie

leo_auth_token

linkedin.com

Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.

Session

HTTP Cookie

lidc

linkedin.com

Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.

1 day

HTTP Cookie

NID

google.com

Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user’s device. The ID is used for targeted ads.

6 months

HTTP Cookie

personalization_id

twitter.com

This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media.

2 years

HTTP Cookie

PREF

youtube.com

Registers a unique ID that is used by Google to keep statistics of how the visitor uses YouTube videos across different websites.

Collects information of the user and his/her movement, such as timestamp for visits, most recently loaded pages and IP address. The data is used by the marketing research network, Scorecard Research, to analyse traffic patterns and carry out surveys to help their clients better understand the customer’s preferences.

2 years

HTTP Cookie

UIDR

scorecardresearch.com

Collects information of the user and his/her movement, such as timestamp for visits, most recently loaded pages and IP address. The data is used by the marketing research network, Scorecard Research, to analyse traffic patterns and carry out surveys to help their clients better understand the customer’s preferences.

2 years

HTTP Cookie

visit

linkedin.com

Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.

2 years

HTTP Cookie

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

youtube.com

Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.

179 days

HTTP Cookie

YSC

youtube.com

Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

Session

HTTP Cookie

UNCLASSIFIED (5)

NAME

PROVIDER

PURPOSE

EXPIRY

TYPE

_auth

pinterest.com

Used for two factor authentication on pinterest

1 year

HTTP Cookie

_pinterest_sess

pinterest.com

Pinterest sharing linked via the ShareThis sharing button is used on this site. Unique identifiers given to each computer to allow traffic analysis to ShareThis.